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UPSVaR: Unemployment in Slovakia at 9.08 percent in October

UPSVaR: Unemployment in Slovakia at 9.08 percent in October

Bratislava, November 21 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia in October stood at 9.08 percent, down by 0.34 percentage points month-on-month and by 1.9 p.p. year-on-year, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) reported on Monday. The number of jobseekers available for work in

Fico: Slovakia's Budget Among Five Best in Eurozone

Fico: Slovakia's Budget Among Five Best in Eurozone

Bratislava, November 18 (TASR) – Slovakia’s state budget is one of the five best state budgets in the eurozone, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday in reaction to a recent evaluation by the European Commission. “Slovakia has again been ranked among the five best eurozone states when it comes

State to Help Trnava-based Carmarker with Labour Requalification

State to Help Trnava-based Carmarker with Labour Requalification

Trnava, November 18 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) along with Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) and Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) general director Marian Valentovic on Friday discussed possibilities for supporting employment with representatives of Trnava-based carmarker PSA Groupe Slovakia, TASR

European Commission Unblocks 4 Operational Programmes for Slovakia

European Commission Unblocks 4 Operational Programmes for Slovakia

Bratislava, November 18 (TASR) – The European Commission (EC) has unblocked four operational programmes that have been suspended for Slovakia, TASR learnt from Office of Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini on Friday. In particular, these programmes are the Operational Programmes Information Society (OPIS), Research and Development, Health and Welfare

Pellegrini: Cohesion Funds Might Be Available Even After 2020

Pellegrini: Cohesion Funds Might Be Available Even After 2020

Brussels, November 16 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia believes that European cohesion policies, including cohesion funds, will remain in place even after 2020, said Slovak Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini after a session of the General Affairs Council for Cohesion in Brussels on Wednesday. At a joint press conference with Commissioner

Main Trial in Arbitration on Talc Mining over, Verdict Expected in 1.5 Years

Main Trial in Arbitration on Talc Mining over, Verdict Expected in 1.5 Years

Bratislava, November 16 (TASR) – The decision for the international arbitration between the company EuroGas and Slovakia concerning the withdrawal of the licence for talc mining in Gemerska Poloma (Kosice region) should be made in one or 1.5 years at the latest, Plus 7 Dni weekly writes in its latest

Sefcovic: We'd Like to Submit 'Jumbo Package' by End of 2016

Sefcovic: We'd Like to Submit 'Jumbo Package' by End of 2016

Bratislava, November 15 (TASR) – We’d like to submit a big package consisting of three groups of legislative proposals – the so-called Jumbo Package – by the end of this year, said European Commission Vice-president for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic at the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of